I took a few hours off this morning to recuperate from the Election. As I said before, the victory of Greg Ballard over incumbent Bart Peterson was no big shocker. Anyone who paid attention to the rather angry electorate saw this coming. However this is not about past election results, but the new world we […]

By a vote of 51-47%, little known candidate Greg Ballard beat an incumbent with a lot of money and a lot of organization. Not only did voter anger sweep Bart Peterson out of office, but most of his party on the City-County Council. What was a 15-14 Democratic majority now looks more like an 18-11 […]

Now this is interesting. If your voting machine in your precinct wasn’t working this morning, it’s probably because someone left the voting machine off the charger. According to my sources, the circuit breaker blew out so the batteries for the Ivotronic Voting Machines were sitting in chargers that weren’t getting any electricity so they never […]

This is it. No more commercials. No more ralllies. No more blogs. No more spin. Just good old fashioned get out and vote. The only thing that has surprised me about this election how suprised everyone else seems to be about how close things look today. Anyone who has been paying close attention should not […]

Everyone keeps asking me what’s going to happen tomorrow. If I knew that the Hoosier lottery would not be as large as it is now because I’d have won it. What I can tell you is that I will not be surprised at the outcome. You can make your predictions. I’m off to go see […]

I’m starting out this piece by saying former Indianapolis Star columnist Rishawn Biddle and I have been friends for three years and we still are, nothing has changed. Biddle was fired from his job writing for the Star last week because of comments he made describing the antics and behavior of certain Black politicians in […]

I was at dinner last night downtown and while talking to some of my server friends, I asked them if people talk about taxes over dinner. They told me “yes.” They told me that the small talk usually consists of the Colts or Pacers or some quirky news story. Now it consists of taxes. Using […]

I just got back from covering this morning’s Marion County Democratic rally at party headquarters in downtown Indianapolis. It’s always interesting to be in a place where you are arguably the most hated man in the room because of what you do for a living, and the even sadder part is that it’s people who […]

“My philosophy as a state legislator is based on something said by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., ‘Cowardice asks, “Is it safe?” Vanity asks, “Is it popular?” Expedience asks, “Is it politic?” But conscience asks, “Is it right?” ” There comes a time when a person must do something, not because it is safe or […]

Your property tax rebate check is in the mail, but if you’re in Marion County you won’t get it until next year. The Department of Local Government and Finance has certified more than $300 million in tax rebate checks. Marion County taxpayers will get more than $51 million. Hamilton County will receive more than $14 […]